I'm Not Dead, I Just Haven't Been Blogging. Here's Why:

So this blog pettered on the edge of a precipice at the beginning of July and fell to what could've been it's death. Thankfully it survived the fall, and is now being revived back to life.

The reason why there has been absolute blog silence for over a month? I am currently 13 weeks pregnant. Enough said.

I am ecstatic to be pregnant again, this new little one is due Feb 2013. Making the difference between my two children almost exactly 3 years as my son was born in March of 2010. I was hardly sick at all with my first pregnancy and so when this time around I was unexpectedly laid up most days for a month, many things fell by the way side. Blogging being one of them.

Now that I am finally starting to feel like myself again I'll be back. :D It will take me a few weeks to get back in the swing of things and to once more write some blog posts in advance but I will get there eventually.

To all my wonderful and faithful readers, thank you for sticking with me. You'll be hearing my thoughts, ideas, opinions, and day to day doings of life again soon. :P

To all those amazing authors who have requested book reviews. I know you haven't even received emails explaining why it has taken me so long to reply. I apologize. I am slowly going to go through the list and will respond to the requests as I received them. I'm sorry also to those authors that were supposed to have reviews posted in July and they weren't, they will be up soon.

On a different note, my husband and I won't be finding out what we're having, we enjoy the surprise. We also choose three names for each sex and then decide which name once we've seen the baby. For those who are also pregnant: One of my favourite internet sites is BabyCenter. They have a great "my baby this week" feature sending out weekly emails, and so many articles the amount of information is staggering. I also use the iPregnancy app on my iPhone. It's got a countdown centre, more info and a place to keep track of all my doctor's appointments.

For any pregnant woman who is high risk or simply wants to learn more, feel free to contact me. I am considered a high risk pregnancy because I had a pulmonary embolism in 2007. Essentially it was a blood clot in my lung. As a regular pregnant woman is 3-4 times more likely to develop blood clots than a woman who is not pregnant, it is something your doctor will watch for. Because I have had a serious blood clot in the past, my risk is significantly higher. I will be going on blood thinners as a preventative while pregnant and most especially for 6 weeks following birth as that is when the risk is highest for blood clots to develop. The blood thinners involve me giving myself a shot once or twice a day. I have only met one other woman who also has to do this. But I definitely wanted to put this on here because if anyone needs some support I am here, and also to make women aware that pregnancy is different for so many woman. I just happen to be more in the minority, but that is ok. :D

Here's to being pregnant (cause even though I've been sick I'm still so excited!)
And to blogging again! I'm very happy to be back. Yay!

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Peacock Flock Book Review #15 - Gears of Wonderland

So we're two days late, but not a dollar short. Here's Book Review #15. :D


Peacock Flock Book Review #15

Gears of Wonderland
Author: Jason G. Anderson

Length: ~ 216 pages

Genre: Fantasy Steampunk

Heat level: Clean 

Stars: 4 Stupendous Purple Stars 

Review:

We were quite impressed with this from the beginning. We thought the cover was well done and doesn't look generic, which is great. We were also very happy with how quickly the action started. We were shocked by how the story got going but that drew us right in. We also "loved" how put off we were by James' fiancé. We wanted to reach into the book and smack her, plus we wanted to yell at James for putting up with such crap. But when you can react like that to the characters it's a good story. Reading this book made us realize that having just watched the movies of Alice in Wonderland isn't enough, we disliked not understanding some of the references but that's our fault, not the author's. The alternate Wonderland created was intriguing. It was easy for us to detest the dictatorial reign of the Knave of Hearts. Plus it was creepy (but great) to read how he was brainwashing the children in the Palace to do what he wanted. The characters where all developed and although we knew the end pretty early on it was still a great read. The only slight deterrence was how little romance there was, although the author gave us fair warning in his request for review, and therefore he got the points for giving us a heads up. Instead of being annoyed at the lack of romance we just knew we wanted more. At the end of the novel the characters were still traipsing across our brains and we found ourselves thinking about the world created - the sign of a great book.

That's it from the flock! 

Peacock Flock Book Review #14 - Justice Deck of Lies #1

Peacock Flock Book Review #14

Justice

Author: Jade Varden

Length: ~ 327 pages (Kindle Edition)

Genre: YA suspense

Heat level: Clean

Stars:  3.5 Somewhere Between Stars 

          

Review:

First book in the Deck of Lies series.

This book was a 4-4.5 until we got to the end. We read it very quickly and quite liked the characters. They were all well written and well developed. We liked that even characters who barely made appearances (but were talked about quite a lot) had flaws and weren't perfect but felt relatable. We also saw some good foreshadowing. And who doesn't like picking up on the hints? The problem was that there wasn't a real solution at the end of the book. It is part of a series but we really prefer books that still have some sort of resolution. There was also a very climatic event that got us very excited and we hurriedly read on, only to find that the scene we were so anticipating wasn't there. The main character, Rain, had just found out something huge, and it was a great shocker. And written very well with a surprise in one sentence that wasn't expected. But then the story line jumped over when Rain had her reaction to this information. It happened "off-screen" per-se and this made it feel disjointed and we really wanted to read this part. Other than those two things we enjoyed and liked it a lot. Definitely want to read the second. :D

That's it from the flock!